mom and pop
Speech parts
1. mom and pop - Noun
2. mom and pop - Adjective
Meaning
mom and pop (plural mom and pops)
A small business, often but not always owned or operated by a family.
mom-and-pop (not comparable)
(US, Canada) (typically of a business) Small and unsophisticated, typically because operated by a couple or a family.
Synonym: ma-and-pa
Mom-and-pop diners are disappearing from American streets and being replaced by bland corporate giants.
Alternative names
mom-and-pop
Antonyms
Examples
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.
My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.
I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.
You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart.